gate

«gate» in Mova's school dictionary: a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gate, gates)

meaning for a pupil

1) A gate is a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes. tree →

2) A gate at an airport is the place where you get on the plane. tree →

3) A gate is an entrance where people go in, for example at a stadium or a school. tree →

sense in the lessons

A place in the story; sometimes its width is part of a fence, or people pass through it and are counted. In safety: close the gate so a dog or a small child cannot run into the road; pool gates must stay shut. Phrases: «front gate», «school gate», «go through the gate», «gate 9».

examples

• The fence has a gate 1 metre wide. tree →
• 120 people came through the gate. tree →
• Our plane leaves from gate 9. tree →
• Each gate lets in 30 fans a minute. tree →
• Please shut the gate so the dog stays in. tree →
• Mum waits for me at the school gate. tree →
• The farmer opened the gate and the sheep ran into the field. tree →
• Never climb over the pool gate. tree →

note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.

In the corpora

• Sheepdog trials are real competitions where dog and shepherd move sheep through gates and into a pen.
• Behind him, the gate creaked open" makes the whole class gasp, because we want to know what is behind the gate.
• Babies and toddlers need a safety gate at the top and bottom of the stairs.
• Always close farm gates behind you so animals cannot escape.
• Many animals guard their territory, such as a dog behind its own fence or gate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.